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Boat rally for unified AP

Municipal employees, teachers and non-gazetted officers stage a novel protest by organising a boat rally in river Godavari for Samaikyandhra in Rajahmundry on Sunday. — DC

Rajahmundry: The Rajahmundry corporation employees, along with the JAC members of NGOs, teachers, APSRTC employees and others organised a boat rally in river Godavari on Sunday in favour of unified state.

The employees in 30 boats organised the rally from Kumari Talkies sand ramps to the middle of the river by raising Samaikyandhra slogans. In the middle of the river they organised a human chain and later offered floral tributes to Godavari Mata.

The rally attracted the public which turned up in large numbers and some of the people also raised Samaikyandhra slogans along with the employees. Civic body commissioner V. Rajendra Prasad flagged off the rally. Deputy commissioner V. Ravindra, JAC convenor Ch. Srinivasa Rao, RTC employees leaders Y. Kondala Rao attended.